Ed Markey: “I thank the gentlelady. Republicans say their budget is a ``Path to Prosperity.'' But it's really a ``Path to More…”

“I thank the gentlelady. Republicans say their budget is a ``Path to Prosperity.'' But it's really a ``Path to More Prosperity for the Already Prosperous.'' The Republican budget picks high-rolling oil executives over low-income families. It favors CEOs over senior citizens. It helps the wealthy over the working class. How do Republicans pay for this gigantic goodie bag for the rich? Well, they eviscerate Medicare, turning it into an underfunded voucher program. Medicare becomes ``Medicare-less.'' And to help seniors to pay for their medicines, GOP stands for ``Grandma's Out of Prescriptions.'' This budget is the same tired tune Republicans have been trotting out for decades. It's ``Play It Again, Uncle Sam.'' In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan tried to slash the social safety net programs. In 2005, President Bush tried to privatize Social Security. And today, the same Republicans are trying to shred the social safety net they've opposed since it was created. It is not just deja vu all over again. It's deja voodoo economics all over again. Vote down this misguided budget so that we can protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security now and into the future. Do not let Medicare become ``Medicare-less.'' We don't want these people who always opposed Medicare, always opposed Social Security, opposed Medicaid as we put it on the books, to now come back and say, we're very courageous, we want to end those programs as we know it.…”